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ReviewAnnual review of medicine2016

HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer: Unique Features of Epidemiology and Clinical Management.

Jessica H Maxwell, Jennifer R Grandis, Robert L Ferris

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Review in Annual review of medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Advancements in immunotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer: Current landscape and future prospects.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2026
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  10. Salivary biomarkers: a promising approach for predicting immunotherapy response in head and neck cancers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  14. Annales Africaines de medecine · 2024
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  19. Targeted inhibition of eIF5ACell death & disease · 2023
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  20. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica H MaxwellDepartment of Otolaryngology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC 20007; email: jessica.maxwell@gunet.georgetown.edu.
Jennifer R GrandisDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143; email: jennifer.grandis@ucsf.edu.
Robert L FerrisDepartment of Otolaryngology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC 20007; email: jessica.maxwell@gunet.georgetown.edu.
Georgetown University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

WILD TYPE P53-BASED ADJUVANT IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR SCCHNP50CA097190 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Greg M. Delgoffe · 2004 to 2026
$49.6M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a recently identified causative agent for a subset of head and neck cancers, primarily in the oropharynx, and is largely responsible for the rising worldwide incidence of oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). Patients with HPV-positive OPC have distinct risk factor profiles and generally have a better prognosis than patients with traditional, HPV-negative, head and neck cancer. Concurrent chemotherapy and radiation is a widely accepted primary treatment modality for many patients with HPV-positive OPC. However, recent advances in surgical modalities, including transoral laser and robotic surgery, have led to the reemergence of primary surgical treatment for HPV-positive patients. Clinical trials are under way to determine optimal treatment strategies for the growing subset of patients with HPV-positive OPC. Similarly, identifying those patients with HPV-positive cancer who are at risk for recurrence and poor survival is critical in order to tailor individual treatment regimens and avoid potential undertreatment.

Indexed as

PapillomaviridaeAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Transformation, NeoplasticCombined Modality TherapyDose Fractionation, RadiationHumansImmune EvasionMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresOropharyngeal NeoplasmsPapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesPrognosisRisk FactorsPapillomavirus Vaccineshuman papillomavirusoropharyngeal canceroropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID26332002
PMCPMC5242186
OpenAlexW1771334570

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